The look of dejection on Pep Guardiola's face on Tuesday night after Sporting Lisbon won the penalty that led to their last goal as they hammered Manchester City 4-1 in the UEFA Champions League told the story of what had just happened.
Gemy Catamo was the little winger fouled as Viktor Gyokeres completed his hat-trick for this shock win.
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Catamo – who is of Mozambican origin – had unsuccessful trial stints at SuperSport United, Bidvest Wits and Mamelodi Sundowns, before ultimately giving up on the PSL prior to then moving to Portugal.
His value is now approaching R300 million, yet he could have come as a pittance in the PSL but was rejected in his teens.
The 23-year-old has established himself as a regular at Sporting and has played all matches in the UEFA Champions League – a competition in which they are only second to Liverpool on the standings.
Catamo has told KickOff.com on several occasions about what happened in South Africa.
"Pitso (Mosimane) used to talk to me during my time at Sundowns because he always took interest in the development players.
"It would have been great to be signed by Sundowns, but I was young at the time.
"I'm still grateful to Sundowns for accommodating me in their facilities even though they eventually never signed me for reasons best known to them.
"Maybe those that were involved might have the answers... I don't know.
"I would have loved to sign for Sundowns because even my uncles also wanted to see me on the field.
"If I had been signed by Sundowns, the rest would have been seen on the field, but I never got that opportunity.
"It was while I was at Sundowns that I also got call-ups to the national U17 team.
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"At times, when God closes one door for you, He then opens another one because here I am now at Sporting after not being signed by teams in South Africa," said Catamo in a previous interview with this publication.
Catamo's coach (Ruben Amorim) at Sporting is on his way to taking over at Manchester United.